Baseball Recap: Yuma Criminals vs. Paradise Honors Panthers
After having lost a blowout in their previous game against San Luis, Yuma was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They never let the Paradise Honors Panthers onto the board and left with a 2-0 win. For Yuma, this counts as revenge for the 3-0 loss Paradise Honors walked away with the last time they faced one another back in March of 2023.
Not much got past Damian Cabrera, who gave up just five hits and racked up six Ks to keep Paradise Honors off the board. Cabrera has been nothing but reliable on the mound: he hasn't tossed less than six strikeouts in five consecutive pitching appearances.
On the hitting side, Yuma's victory was truly a team effort as six different players contributed at least one hit. One of them was Eli Lujan, who scored a run and stole a base while going 2-for-3.
On Paradise Honors' side, they saw six different players step up and record at least one hit. One of them was Michael Nicolini Jr., who went 1-for-2 with a double.
The win got Yuma back to even at 7-7-1. As for Paradise Honors, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-8.
Yuma will have a chance to go back-to-back against Paradise Honors: the pair's next game is a rematch scheduled at 6:00 p.m. on Monday.
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